verb
- past tense and past participle of hirsle; to move or slide along in a sitting position, typically down a slope or surface
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; informal
Examples
- The children hirselled down the grassy hillside on their bottoms.
- She hirselled across the icy pavement carefully.
- They hirselled down the slope without using their feet.
- The toddler hirselled backward down the stairs.